Baking

This is a delicious home-made loaf with pockets of molten Panela sugar at every turn. It can be great for a breakfast food along with butter or made into French toast. It would also be a delicious dessert along with raisins and orange zest or with nuts or other spices. You could also drizzle an icing sugar glaze over top. The options are endless!

Yield 4 servings
Prep Time 105 minutes
Calories 770

Ingredients

1 tablespoon yeast

1/2 cups warm water

1 1/2 cups milk

3 tablespoons butter

2 teaspoons salt

5 cups bread flour

1 cup panela/Nela (12 tablespoons)

1 tablespoon cinnamon

Directions

Toss together the Panela and cinnamon. Set aside.

Dissolve the yeast in the warm water.

Scald the milk and add the butter. Let cool a little.

In a large bowl, combine the milk with 2 cups of flour and the salt. Stir in the dissolved yeast. Add more flour until the dough is no longer sticky but still quite soft. Knead for a couple minutes until the dough is smooth. Knead in the Panela and cinnamon.

Cover the dough with a cloth and let rise until double.

Dive the dough in half, shape into loaves, and place in greased loaf pans. Let the bread rise for 30 minutes, until not quite double in size.